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A tale of bread and chapatis emerges in India’s quiet AI revolution

India, the IT centre of the world, is hoping to make its mark as an AI power. And it might well succeed.

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India’s AI market is already expected to triple to US$17 billion by 2027, making it one of the fastest-growing AI economies globally.

India’s AI market is already expected to triple to US$17 billion by 2027, making it one of the fastest-growing AI economies globally.

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When Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang met India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2023, he went away with a lucid understanding of India’s artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions.

India, he was told, should not be exporting flour only to import bread.

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